Washington, D.C. | October 28-29, 2011

PNHP's 2011 Annual Meeting was held Saturday, October 29, in Washington, D.C., at Gallaudet University Kellogg Conference Hotel, 800 Florida Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002. The agenda for the meeting is below.

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Next Steps for Single Payer Advocates in the Obama Era: Whither delivery system reform?

PNHP Annual Meeting, Saturday, October 29, 2011

Gallaudet University Kellogg Conference Hotel
800 Florida Ave NE
Washington, DC
202-651-6000

General Session: Ballroom
 
8:00 a.m.
Registration opens – coffee and bagels
 
9:00 a.m.
Welcome
- Dr. Garrett Adams. President, PNHP
                                   
9:15 a.m.
The case for single payer in the Obama era
- Dr. David Himmelstein co-founder, PNHP

10:00 a.m. – Break

10:15 a.m.
The Canadian health system at 45: Lessons for the U.S.
- Robert Evans, Ph.D. University of British Columbia

11:00 – 11:50 p.m. – Workshops I
1. Faith, social justice, and organizing in the South (Room 1BC)
- Drs. Garrett Adams, Pippa Abston, and Art Sutherland

2. Building an effective chapter of PNHP (Room 4ABC)
- Drs. Michael Huntington (Calif.) and Ann Settgast (Minn.)

3. Labor and the movement for single payer (Tiered classroom)
- Dr. Andy Coates, Kay Tillow, and Mark Dudzik

4. The state single payer movement * (Room 6ABC)
- Drs. Paul Song and Oliver Fein, and Dr. Alice Silverman and Ellen Oxfeld, Ph.D. (Vermont)

5. Occupy Wall Street and October2011.org* (Room 5AB)
- Drs. Steve Auerbach and Margaret Flowers

(* time permitting, these workshops will report back during afternoon plenary)

12:00 – 1:20 – Buffet Luncheon (Ballroom)
The fight to save the NHS
- Dr. Jackie Davis co-founder of Save our NHS

Best Care Anywhere: Lessons from the VA
- Phil Longman, author, “Best Care Anywhere: Why VA Health Care is Better than Yours”

1:20 - Break

1:30 p.m. (Ballroom)
Single payer and delivery system reform: An introduction and discussion
- Dr. Gordon Schiff
- Dr. Steffie Woolhandler
Dr. Woolhandler’s presentation will be followed by discussions at the tables (30 minutes) and in plenary session (30 minutes).

3:00 – 3:50 p.m. – Workshops II
6. Outreach to the Latino community (Tiered classroom)
- Drs. Olveen Carrasquillo and Claudia Chaufan

7. Lessons from the NHS and VA (Room 4ABC)
- Drs. Jason Kelley and Jacky Davis

8. Canadian lessons for the U.S. (Room 6ABC)
- Bob Evans, Karen Palmer, and Dr. Joel Lexchin

9. Organizing by medical specialty (Room 5AB)
- Drs. Robert Zarr and Deborah Leiderman, and Richard Bruno, medical student

10. Divestment: A new campaign for single payer (Room 1BC)
- Dr. Rob Stone and Katie Robbins

3:50 p.m. - Break

4:00 p.m. – Closing Plenary (Ballroom)
- Brief reports from selected workshops
- Discussion of next steps

5:00 p.m. – Activist Networking/Reception (Room: Atrium)
Ad hoc meetings for interest groups – medical students, Occupy Wall Street, and organizing by medical specialty

7:00 p.m. – Dinner (Ballroom)
Speakers: Drs. David Ansell and Mardge Cohen
“Physician activism from public hospitals to single payer”

Presentation of the Dr. Quentin Young Health Activist Awards

Presentation of the Nick Skala Activist Awards